Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova [1] advanced to the semifinals of the Premier Mandatory tournament in Miami (USA) in doubles. In the quarterfinals, the faced Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) and Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) and won the match in straight sent – 6-2, 6-4.

The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Makarova and Vesnina won 6 break points out of 11, whereas their opponents won 3 out of 6.

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova [1] advanced to the quarterfinals of the Premier Mandatory tournament in Miami (USA) in doubles. In the second round, the played British duo Johanna Konta and Heather Watson defeating them in two sets 7-5, 6-4.

The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. Vesnina and Makarova won 4 break points out of 8, and their opponents won 2 out of 3.

In the next round, the Russians will face Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) and Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia).

Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova [1] advanced to the second round of the Premier Mandatory tournament in Miami (USA) in doubles. In the first-round match, they played with the Wild Card duo - American Sloane Stephens and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and won the match 4-6 6-4 10-6.

Let us remember, that Vesnina and Makarova used to defeat Stephens and Bouchard in the first round of the 2017 Australian Open where they reached the final doubles.

In the next round, the Russian duo will face British team Johanna Konta and Heather Watson who also got the WC for the tournament.

In the final of the Premier tournament in Indian Wells, [1] Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova were defated by Hseih Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic) 4-6, 4-6.

The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. Makarova and Vesnina lost 5 games on their serve and won only 3 break points out of 5. In the second set, the Russians were in a 4-3 lead, but then they lost 3 straight games without winning none of the last 9 points.